Two 2,5‐bis(2‐pyridinyl)‐1,3,4‐oxa­diazo­le–metal complexes (M = Cu and Ni)

The reaction of the diazine ligand 3,5‐bis(2‐pyridinyl)‐1,3,4‐oxa­diazole (pod, C₁₂H₈N₄O), with Cu(CF₃SO₃)₂ or Ni(ClO₄)₂ afforded the title complexes di­aqua­bis­[3,5‐bis(2‐pyridinyl)‐1,3,4‐oxa­diazole‐N²,N³]copper(II) bis­(tri­fluoro­methane­sul­fon­ate), [Cu(pod)₂(H₂O)₂](CF₃SO₃)₂, and di­aqua­bis­[3,5‐bis(2‐pyridinyl)‐1,3,4‐oxa­diazo­le‐N²,N³]­nickel(II) diperchlorate, [Ni(pod)₂(H₂O)₂](ClO₄)₂. Both complexes present a crystallographically centrosymmetric mononuclear cation structure which consists of a six‐coordinated Cu^II or Ni^II ion with two pod mol­ecules acting as bidentate ligands and two axially coordinated water mol­ecules.     

An unusual P312 framework for the Ni(4,4′‐bipyridine)(H2O)4 chain

catena‐Poly[[[tetra­aqua­nickel(II)]‐μ‐4,4′‐bipyridine‐κ²N:N′] thio­sulfate dihydrate], {[Ni(C₁₀H₈N₂)(H₂O)₄]S₂O₃·2H₂O}_n, (I), and catena‐poly[[[tetra­aqua­nickel(II)]‐μ‐4,4′‐bipyridine‐κ²N:N′] sulfate methanol solvate monohydrate], {[Ni(C₁₀H₈N₂)(H₂O)₄]SO₄·CH₄O·H₂O}_n, (II), are built up of {[Ni(4,4′‐bipy)(H₂O)₄]²⁺}_n chains (4,4′‐bipy is 4,4′‐bipyridine) inter­woven in an unusual P3₁ fashion. Voids are filled by the corresponding counter‐anions and solvate mol­ecules, defining a complex three‐dimensional network surrounding them. In both structures, the cationic chains evolve around a set of twofold axes passing through the Ni^II ions and bis­ecting the aromatic amines through their N (and their opposite C) atoms.     

Cobalt(II) and nickel(II) complexes of quinoline‐2‐carboxyl­ate

The title complexes, trans‐di­aqua­bis­(quinoline‐2‐carboxyl­ato‐κ²N,O)­cobalt(II)–water–methanol (1/2/2), [Co(C₁₀H₆NO₂)₂(H₂O)₂]·2CH₄O·2H₂O, and trans‐di­aqua­bis­(quinoline‐2‐car­box­yl­ato‐κ²N,O)­nickel(II)–water–methanol (1/2/2), [Ni(C₁₀H₆NO₂)₂(H₂O)₂]·2CH₄O·2H₂O, are isomorphous and contain Co^II and Ni^II ions at centers of inversion. Both complexes have the same distorted octahedral coordination geometry, and each metal ion is coordinated by two quinoline N atoms, two carboxyl­ate O atoms and two water O atoms. The quinoline‐2‐carboxyl­ate ligands lie in trans positions with respect to one another, forming the equatorial plane, with the two water ligands occupying the axial positions. The complex mol­ecules are linked together by hydrogen bonding involving a series of ring patterns which include the uncoordinated water and methanol mol­ecules.     

Diaquabis(1,3‐propanediamine‐κ2N,N′)nickel(II) bis(sulfanilate)

The title compound, [Ni(C₃H₁₀N₂)₂(H₂O)₂](C₆H₆NO₃S)₂, contains alternating layers of sulfanilate anions and di­aqua­bis(1,3‐propane­di­amine)­nickel(II) cations. The Ni atom lies on an inversion centre and is hexacoordinated by the 1,3‐propane­di­amine ligands, which function as N,N′‐bidentate ligands, and the water mol­ecules, which are in a trans arrangement. The sulfanilate anions are arranged in layers, with the sulfonate and amine groups directed towards opposite sides of the layer. The structure is stabilized by a network of hydrogen bonding between the O and N atoms of the sulfanilate anions, the water mol­ecules, and the N atoms of the 1,3‐propane­di­amine ligands.     

NiII and ZnII complexes of the hexadentate macrocyclic ligand cis‐6,13‐di­methyl‐1,4,8,11‐tetra­aza­cyclo­tetra­decane‐6,13‐di­amine

The title pendent‐arm macrocyclic hexa­amine ligand binds stereospecifically in a hexadentate manner, and we report here its isomorphous Ni^II and Zn^II complexes (both as perchlorate salts), namely (cis‐6,13‐di­methyl‐1,4,8,11‐tetra­aza­cyclo­tetra­decane‐6,13‐di­amine‐κ⁶N)­nickel(II) di­per­chlorate, [Ni(C₁₂H₃₀N₆)]­­(ClO₄)₂, and (cis‐6,13‐di­methyl‐1,4,8,11‐tetraaza‐cyclo­tetra­decane‐6,13‐di­amine‐κ⁶N)­zinc(II) di­per­chlorate, [Zn(C₁₂H₃₀N₆)]­(ClO₄)₂. Distortion of the N—M—N valence angles from their ideal octahedral values becomes more pronounced with increasing metal‐ion size and the present results are compared with other structures of this ligand.     

A polymeric zinc thio­sulfate complex containing anionic and cationic chains based on tetra­hedral and octa­hedral zinc sites

catena‐Poly[[[tetra­aqua­zinc(II)]‐μ‐4,4′‐bipyridine‐κ²N:N′] [[μ‐thio­sulfato‐κ²O:S‐bis­[(thio­sulfato‐κS)zinc(II)]]‐di‐μ‐4,4′‐pyridine‐κ⁴N:N′] dihydrate], {[Zn(C₁₀H₈N₂)(H₂O)₄][Zn₂(S₂O₃)₃(C₁₀H₈N₂)₂]·2H₂O}_n, is a polymeric zinc complex built up from thio­sulfate‐containing anionic chains, where the Zn atom is tetra­hedrally coordinated, and aqua‐containing cationic chains incorporating octa­hedrally coordinated Zn. In each type of chain, the 4,4′‐bipyridine units act as spacers, and the chains run along three non‐inter­secting almost orthogonal directions in space. The profusion of hydrogen‐bond donors (all the H atoms of the water mol­ecules) and acceptors (the thio­sulfate O and S atoms) generates a very complex hydrogen‐bonding scheme.     

Two new dimeric cadmium(II) and zinc(II) sulfate complexes with 2,4,6‐tris(2‐pyridyl)‐1,3,5‐triazine and 2,2:6′,2′′‐ter­pyridine

The structures of two new sulfate complexes are reported, namely di‐μ‐sulfato‐κ³O,O′:O′′‐bis{aqua­[2,4,6‐tris(2‐pyridyl)‐1,3,5‐triazine‐κ³N¹,N²,N⁶]­cadmium(II)} tetra­hydrate, [Cd₂(SO₄)₂(C₁₆H₁₂N₆)₂(H₂O)₂]·4H₂O, and di‐μ‐sulfato‐κ²O:O′‐bis­[(2,2′:6′,2′′‐ter­pyridine‐κ³N¹,N^1′,N^1′′)­zinc(II)] dihydrate, [Cd₂(SO₄)₂(C₁₅H₁₁N₃)₂]·2H₂O, the former being the first report of a Cd(tpt) complex [tpt is 2,4,6‐tris(2‐pyridyl)‐1,3,5‐triazine]. Both compounds crystallize in the space group P and form centrosymmetric dimeric structures. In the cadmium complex, the metal center is heptacoordinated in the form of a pentagonal bipyramid, while in the zinc complex, the metal ion is in a fivefold environment, the coordination geometry being intermediate between square pyramidal and trigonal bipyramidal. Packing of the dimers leads to the formation of planar structures strongly linked by hydrogen bonding.     

Tetra­aqua­(1,10‐phenanthroline‐κ2N,N′)cobalt(II) dinitrate: a hydrogen‐bonded supra­molecular network

The structure of the title compound, [Co(C₁₂H₈N₂)(H₂O)₄](NO₃)₂, consists of tetra­aqua­(1,10‐phenanthroline)cobalt(II) cations and nitrate anions. The Co atom is located on a twofold rotation axis and is coordinated by the two N atoms of a 1,10‐phenanthroline ligand and four O atoms of water mol­ecules. The cations and anions are linked by hydrogen‐bond inter­actions into a three‐dimensional supra­molecular network.     

Comparison of two polymeric transition metal complexes with 1,4‐benzenedicarboxylate ions as bridging ligands, [Co(C8H4O4)(C12H8N2)(H2O)] and [Cu(C8H4O4)(C10H9N3)]·H2O

The title complexes, catena‐poly[[aqua(1,10‐phenanthroline‐κ²N,N′)­cobalt(II)]‐μ‐benzene‐1,4‐di­carboxyl­ato‐κ²O¹:O⁴], [Co(C₈H₄O₄)(C₁₂H₈N₂)(H₂O)], (I), and catena‐poly[[[(di‐2‐pyridyl‐κN‐amine)copper(II)]‐μ‐benzene‐1,4‐di­carboxyl­ato‐κ⁴O¹,O^1′:O⁴,O^4′] hydrate], [Cu(C₈H₄O₄)(C₁₀H₉N₃)]·H₂O, (II), take the form of zigzag chains, with the 1,4‐benzene­di­carboxyl­ate ion acting as an amphimonodentate ligand in (I) and a bis‐bidentate ligand in (II). The Co^II ion in (I) is five‐coordinate and has a distorted trigonal–bipyramidal geometry. The Cu^II ion in (II) is in a very distorted octahedral 4+2 environment, with the octahedron elongated along the trans O—Cu—O bonds and with a trans O—Cu—O angle of only 137.22 (8)°.     

X-ray powder structure of a new two-dimensional nickel(II) coordination polymer with pyrazine-2,3,5,6-tetracarboxylic acid

The new nickel(II) coordination polymer poly­[di­aqua­nickel(II)-μ-(pyrazine-2,3,5,6-tetra­carboxyl­ato)-tetra­aqua­nickel(II)], {[{Ni(C₈N₂O₈)(H₂O)₂}Ni(H₂O)₄]}_n, has been synthesized and characterized both spectroscopically and crystallographically, by X-ray powder diffraction analysis. In this two-dimensional coordination polymer, Ni^II ions are bridged by pyrazine-2,3,5,6-tetra­carboxyl­ic acid, coordinating in a bis-bidentate manner, so forming one-dimensional polymeric chains. The chains are linked by a second Ni^II ion, via an O atom of the coordinated carboxyl­ate group, resulting in the formation of a two-dimensional layer-like polymer. The remaining coordination sites of the two independent octahedral Ni^II ions are occupied by water mol­ecules. The layers are connected via hydrogen bonds involving all six coordinated water mol­ecules.     

Aqua(dipicolinato‐κ3O2,N,O6)(1,10‐phenanthroline‐κ2N,N′)manganese(II) monohydrate

In the title compound [systematic name: aqua(1,10‐phenanthroline‐κ²N,N′)(pyridine‐2,6‐di­carboxyl­ato‐κ³O²,N,O⁶)manganese(II) monohydrate, [Mn(C₇H₃NO₄)(C₁₂H₈N₂)(H₂O)]·H₂O, the manganese(II) centre is surrounded by one bidentate phenanthroline ligand [Mn—N = 2.248 (3) and 2.278 (3) Å], one tridentate dipicolinate ligand [Mn—N = 2.179 (3) Å, and Mn—O = 2.237 (2) and 2.266 (2) Å] and one water mol­ecule [Mn—O = 2.117 (3) Å], and it exhibits a strongly distorted octahedral geometry, with trans angles ranging from 144.12 (9) to 158.88 (11)°. Extensive intermolecular hydrogen‐bonding interactions involving coordinated and uncoordinated water mol­ecules and the carboxyl O atoms of the dipicolinate ligand, as well as a stacking interaction involving the phenanthroline rings, are observed in the crystal structure.     

Bis­(acetato‐κ2O,O′)(2,9‐di­methyl‐1,10‐phenanthroline‐κ2N,N′)mercury(II) in two differently hydrated crystal forms

Two differently hydrated crystal forms of the title compound, viz. bis­(acetato‐κ²O,O′)(2,9‐di­methyl‐1,10‐phenanthroline‐κ²N,N′)­mercury(II), [Hg(C₂H₃O₂)₂(C₁₄H₁₂N₂)] or [HgAc₂(dmph)] [dmph is 2,3‐di­methyl‐1,10‐phenantroline (neocuproine) and Ac is acetate], (I), and tris­[bis­(acetato‐κ²O,O′)(2,9‐di­methyl‐1,10‐phenanthroline‐κ²N,N′)­mercury(II)] hexadecahydrate, [Hg(C₂H₃O₂)₂(C₁₄H₁₂N₂)]₃·16H₂O or [HgAc₂(dmph)]₃·16H₂O, (II), are presented. Both structures are composed of very simple monomeric units, which act as the building blocks of complex packing schemes stabilized by a diversity of π–π and hydrogen‐bonding interactions.     

A one‐dimensional zigzag coordination polymer of di­aqua­(pyridine‐2,3‐di­carboxyl­ato)­cobalt(II)

The asymmetric unit of the title one‐dimensional coordination polymer, catena‐poly­[[μ‐pyridine‐2,3‐di­carb­oxyl­ato‐1κO:2κ²N,O′‐bis­[di­aqua­cobalt(II)]]‐μ‐pyridine‐2,3‐di­carboxyl­ato‐1κ²N,O:2κO′:1′κO′], [Co(C₇H₃NO₄)(H₂O)₂]_n, is composed of a cobalt(II) ion, a pyridine‐2,3‐di­carboxyl­ate dianion and two water mol­ecules. The polymer has a zigzag structure consisting of a chain of edge‐fused rings, and the polymer chains are linked by O—H⃛O hydrogen bonds into a three‐dimensional framework.     

Bis(1,10‐phenanthroline)(thio­sulfato)­manganese(II) methanol solvate and catena‐poly­[[di­aqua(2,9‐di­methyl‐1,10‐phenanthroline)­manganese(II)]‐μ‐thio­sulfato]

The structure of bis(1,10‐phenanthroline‐κ²N,N′)(thio­sulfato‐κ²O:S)­manganese(II) methanol solvate, [Mn(S₂O₃)(C₁₂H₈N₂)₂]·CH₃OH, is made up of Mn²⁺ centers coordinated to two bidentate phenanthroline (phen) groups and an S,O‐chelating thio­sulfate anion, forming monomeric entities. The structure of catena‐poly­[[di­aqua(2,9‐di­methyl‐1,10‐phen­anthro­line‐κ²N,N′)­manganese(II)]‐μ‐thio­sulfato‐κ²O:S], [Mn(S₂O₃)(C₁₄H₁₂N₂)(H₂O)₂]_n, is polymeric, consisting of Mn(dmph)(H₂O)₂ units (dmph is 2,9‐di­methyl‐1,10‐phenanthroline) linked by thio­sulfate anions acting in an S,O‐chelating manner.     

A novel hydrogen‐bonded microporous framework constructed from two different metal complexes

A hydrogen‐bonded coordination supramol­ecule, (meso‐5,7,­7,­12,14,14‐hexa­methyl‐1,4,8,11‐tetra­aza­cyclo­tetra­decane‐κ⁴N)­nickel(II) [N,N‐o‐phenylenebis­(oxamato)­‐κ⁴O,N,N′,O′]nickelate(II) dihydrate, [Ni(C₁₆H₃₆N₄)][Ni(C₁₀H₄N₂O₆)]·2H₂O or [Ni(meso‐cth)]­[Ni(opba)]·2H₂O, has been prepared and characterized by X‐ray crystallographic analysis. The two complex ions, i.e. [Ni(meso‐cth)]²⁺ and [Ni(opba)]^2?, are hydrogen bonded to each other, resulting in two‐dimensional neutral supramolecular sheets. The sheets stack along the a direction to produce a three‐dimensional architecture with one‐dimensional channels in which hydrogen‐bonded chains of water mol­ecules are included.     

Hexaaquacobalt(II) bis(hypophosphite) and hexaaquacobalt(II)/nickel(II) bis(hypophosphite)

The title compounds, hexa­aqua­cobalt(II) bis­(hypophosphite), [Co(H₂O)₆](H₂­PO₂)₂, and hexa­aqua­cobalt(II)/nickel(II) bis(hypophosphite), [Co_0.5Ni_0.5(H₂O)₆](H₂PO₂)₂, are shown to adopt the same structure as hexa­aqua­magnesium(II) bis­(hypophosphite). The packing of the Co(Ni) and P atoms is the same as in the structure of CaF₂. The Co^II(Ni^II) atoms have a pseudo‐face‐centred cubic cell, with a = b～ 10.3 Å, and the P atoms occupy the tetrahedral cavities. The central metal cation has a slightly distorted octahedral coordination sphere. The geometry of the hypophosphite anion in the structure is very close to ideal, with point symmetry mm2. Each O atom of the hypophosphite anion is hydrogen bonded to three water mol­ecules from different cation complexes, and each H atom of the hypophosphite anion is surrounded by three water mol­ecules from further different cation complexes.     

Tetra­allyl (2,2′‐bipyridyl)‐rac‐3,3,7,7‐tetra­methyl‐trans‐5‐palladatricyclo[4.1.0.02,4]­heptane‐1,2,4,6‐tetra­carboxyl­ate above and below the phase‐transition temperature of 194 K

The crystal structure of the title compound, (2,2′‐bipyridyl‐κ²N,N′)(tetra­allyl 3,3,3′,3′‐tetra­methyl‐1,1′‐bi­cyclo­propane‐1,1′,2,2′‐tetra­carboxyl­ato‐κ²C²,C^2′)­palladium(II), [Pd(C₂₆H₃₂­O₈)(C₁₀­H₈­N₂)], is disordered above 194 K. A doubling of the unit cell is observed on cooling. The structure at 143 K contains two ordered mol­ecules related by a pseudo‐translation vector of approximately (0.44,0.00,0.50) or a pseudo‐inversion center at approximately (0.22,0.00,0.25). Weak intermolecular C—H?O interactions are enhanced in the low‐temperature structure.     

Cobalt(II) and nickel(II) complexes of isoquinoline‐1‐carboxylate

trans‐Di­aqua­bis­(iso­quinoline‐1‐carboxyl­ato‐κ²N,O)­cobalt(II) dihydrate, [Co(C₁₀H₆NO₂)₂(H₂O)₂]·2H₂O, and trans‐di­aqua­bis­(iso­quinoline‐1‐carboxyl­ato‐κ²N,O)­nickel(II) dihydrate, [Ni(C₁₀H₆NO₂)₂(H₂O)₂]·2H₂O, contain the same isoquinoline ligand, with both metal atoms residing on a centre of symmetry and having the same distorted octahedral coordination. In the former complex, the Co—O(water) bond length in the axial direction is 2.167 (2) Å, which is longer than the Co—O(carboxylate) and Co—N bond lengths in the equatorial plane [2.055 (2) and 2.096 (2) Å, respectively]. In the latter complex, the corresponding bond lengths for Ni—O(water), Ni—O(carboxylate) and Ni—N are 2.127 (2), 2.036 (2) and 2.039 (3) Å, respectively. Both crystals are stabilized by similar stacking interactions of the ligand, and also by hydrogen bonds between the hydrate and coordinated water molecules.     

The solid dihydrate of N,N‐di­methyl‐n‐tetra­decyl­amine oxide

Crystalline N,N‐di­methyl‐n‐tetra­decyl­amine oxide has been prepared by reaction of liquid N,N‐di­methyl‐n‐tetra­decyl­amine with 70% H₂O₂ in the presence of CO₂ as catalyst. The resulting soft low‐melting solid was crystallized as the dihydrate, viz. C₁₆H₃₅NO·2H₂O. The extended hydro­carbon chains pack in a parallel fashion, with the N‐oxide ends of the mol­ecules forming hydrogen bonds with the water mol­ecules in hydro­philic layers. The N—O distance is 1.411 (3) Å.     

Di­aqua­bis­(di­methyl sulfoxide)­bis(3,5‐di­nitro­benzoato)­zinc(II) and the synthesis of the Cu,Ni and Co analogs

In order to model processes of chemisorption in organic salts formed between di­nitro­benzoic acids (DNBH) and secondary amines (R₂NH), a series of compounds of composition [M^II(3,5‐DNB)₂(DMSO)₂(H₂O)₂] (where M^II is Zn, Cu, Ni or Co, 3,5‐DNB is the 3,5‐di­nitro­benzoate ion, and DMSO is di­methyl sulfoxide) have been prepared. In di­aqua­bis­(di­methyl sulf­oxide)­bis(3,5‐DNB)­zinc(II), [Zn(C₇H₃N₂O₆)₂(C₂H₆OS)₂(H₂O)₂], the 3,5‐DNB ions and mol­ecules of DMSO are monodentate ligands that are coordinated to the Zn atom through their O atoms. These ligands, together with two mol­ecules of water, form a slightly distorted octahedral coordination environment for the Zn atom, which lies on a center of symmetry.